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@@ -18,13 +18,23 @@ specifying a path to it, so this should work: Type "make help" for build instructions. -Usually you want something like: +Toybox uses the "make menuconfig; make; make install" idiom same as +the Linux kernel. Usually you want something like: make defconfig - LDFLAGS="--static" CROSS_COMPILE=armv5l- make toybox - PREFIX=/path/to/root/filesystem make install + make + make install -The CROSS_COMPILE argument is optional, and without it builds a version of +Or maybe: + + LDFLAGS="--static" CROSS_COMPILE=armv5l- make defconfig toybox + PREFIX=/path/to/root/filesystem/bin make install_flat + +The file "configure" defines default values for many environment +variables that control the toybox build; if you set a value for any of +these, your value is used instead of the default in that file. + +The CROSS_COMPILE argument above is optional, the default builds a version of toybox to run on the current machine. Cross compiling requires an appropriately prefixed cross compiler toolchain, several example toolchains are available at: @@ -40,6 +50,9 @@ For more about cross compiling, see: http://landley.net/writing/docs/cross-compiling.html http://landley.net/aboriginal/architectures.html +For a more thorough description of the toybox build process, see +http://landley.net/toybox/code.html#building + --- Using toybox The toybox build produces a multicall binary, a "swiss-army-knife" program diff --git a/www/code.html b/www/code.html index 6050aa1a..b1c6d3f9 100644 --- a/www/code.html +++ b/www/code.html @@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ controls which features are included when compiling toybox.</p> either isn't complete or is a special-purpose option (such as debugging code) that isn't intended for general purpose use.</p> +<p>For a more compact human-editable version .config files, you can use the +<a href=http://landley.net/aboriginal/FAQ.html#dev_miniconfig>miniconfig</a> +format.</p> + <p>The standard build invocation is:</p> <ul> @@ -47,8 +51,9 @@ accepts existing definitions of the environment variables, so it may be sourced or modified by the developer before building and the definitions exported to the environment will take precedence.</p> -<p>(To clarify: "configure" describes the build and installation environment, -".config" lists the features selected by defconfig/menuconfig.)</p> +<p>(To clarify: ".config" lists the features selected by defconfig/menuconfig, +I.E. "what to build", and "configure" describes the build and installation +environment, I.E. "how to build it".)</p> <p><h1><a name="running"><a href="#running">Running a command</a></h1></p> |